Anglican Orthodox Church OFFICE OF THE PRESIDING BISHOP PO Box 128 Statesville, N.C. 28687 Phone 704-873-8365 email: aocworldwide@anglicanorthodoxchurch.org website: www.aocinternational.org February 26, 2018 Anno Domini ANNOUNCEMENT TO MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH: I take great joy in announcing the ordination into Holy Orders of the Rev. Stephen Cooper of the Church of the Redeemer in Fairbanks, [...]
The Collect Second Sunday in Lent ALMIGHTY God, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and [...]
0 Lord, who for our sake didst fast forty days and forty nights; give us grace to use such abstinence, that our flesh being subdued to the Spirit, we may ever obey thy godly motions in righteousness, and true holiness, to thy honour and glory, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy [...]
a Devotion for 22 February 2018 Anno Domini “. . . . for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.” 1 Samuel 16:7 (all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) The heart of man is a great treasure chest. [...]
“Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: (John 20:21-22; all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) Cosin's translation of [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion Ash Wednesday The first day of Lent, commonly called Ash Wednesday First Sunday in Lent Sunday Report Ash Wednesday Ash Wednesday services were held in the evening on schedule. We did the Penitential Office and quite enjoyed the peaceful experience. As expected we had three in attendance at the Faithful [...]
“And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion Quinquagesima Sunday Report Today was Quinquagesima, (explanation of the origin of the word later in the report), which is the Sunday next before Lent. This Sunday we talk about charity or love, read this first: http://www.learnthebible.org/charity-or-love.html Charity or Love The Greek word 'agape' is translated both as 'charity' and 'love' [...]
They came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have [...]
“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” John 4:14 (KJV) The Old Testament gives a physical shadow of those spiritual truths revealed in the New Testament. One physical [...]